The consortium that is slowly delivering the troubled myki public transport smartcard has been paid $20 million this year by the Victorian government, documents have revealed.
The Queensland state government has initiated a pilot roll-out of an application virtualisation solution intended to deliver HR and finance apps to 150,000 users across multiple agencies.
Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.
Australian e-health software firm IBA Health today said it intended to follow the footsteps of companies like Apple and SAP, opening up its new Lorenzo platform for developers to write applications.
Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone missing after a Home Office contractor lost a USB stick on which it had been stored.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
I was interested to read that Telstra had the good sense to finally hand over its network designs to the Federal government last week.
The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.
While some states boast about procurement plans and how much they'll boost industry coffers, the NSW government appears to be heading in the opposite direction.
The average annual salary of an Australian IT professional is currently $82,507, according to an extensive survey of the sector recently conducted by ZDNet.com.au.
Welfare agency Centrelink has started recruiting for two senior IT executives to bolster its technology management team in its national office in Canberra.
In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
The CIO of Government defence contractor BAE Systems talks about moving the company to an insourcing solution.
The Driving Standards Agency has admitted losing over three million learner drivers' details.
The CIO of Government defence contractor BAE Systems talks about moving the company to an insourcing solution.
NEC can now provide you with a 65-inch LCD screen in full high definition, and in our view it's definitely worth a look.
Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.
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Microsoft plans to make the next version of Office more accessible to people with disabilities, a move that could help sales to companies doing government work.
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